Given the urgency of adverse climate impacts, it is crucial that UNICEF and national governments have the necessary data and evidence to respond to chronic and emerging climate and environmental threats. As the foremost organization on child specific climate UNICEF is committed to ensuring that the data decision makers rely on is reflective of the local context and encapsulates the needs of children, especially the most vulnerable.
To further consolidate its global positioning and offer on climate risk analysis and data, UNICEF is seeking a consultant to provide technical support for UNICEF programming, operations and advocacy to scale results for children. Specifically, the consultant will support the application of data from the global hazard database, the Children’s Climate Risk Index-Disaster.
Join UNICEF’s global immunization team and play a pivotal role in driving impact for children worldwide. Under the guidance of the Senior Health Advisor, this position leads the management and reporting of high-value, multi-country immunization contributions, including Canada’s flagship support and Gavi CDS grants. You will strengthen donor relations with governments, foundations, and private partners, ensuring long-term engagement and sustainable financing for immunization. The role also supports the Office of the Health Director in advancing the global immunization agenda, fostering cross-sectoral collaboration with teams in nutrition, education, gender, WASH, and SBC to design integrated programming and resource mobilization approaches. By deepening partnerships, coordinating performance monitoring, and driving strategic dialogue, this position enhances UNICEF’s visibility and influence while securing resources and shaping policies to protect every child through immunization.
This is the perfect role for someone who is passionate about Open Source and doing good with it. You are someone who has built open-source products before and taken them to many users in challenging contexts. Now, you are ready to share your experience of succeeding and failing with other entrepreneurs and product nerds, that are also building stuff to make the world better. You find your way around the messiest of repos and can find a solution to any unsolvable coding problem. You can look at tech stacks and immediately picture the failure (or unicorn) that this product will be. This role is for an experienced developer who could advise and mentor entrepreneurs and teams as they look to turn ideas and solutions into digital public goods, someone who has an eye for the horizon of tech and is always looking to solve big problems……Join the Venture Fund team and support entrepreneurs from around the world.
UNICEF Ethiopia is looking for a health consultant who will support the implementation of the Adolescent-Friendly Health Services (AFHS), Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) activities. The Consultant will supports the health section and field offices in providing technical leadership to coordinate the Adolescent, Youth Friendly Health Service, Gender Based Violence Support and Mental Health and Psychosocial Service under the EU funded project titled “Building Capacities and Restoring Essential Health Services (CARE4Health) in the conflict affected areas in Ethiopia”
The STRYIDE initiative is an ambitious, first-of-its-kind model that blends public and private financing to deliver quality ECD services while addressing youth unemployment. Its success depends on seamless programme design, coordination, and execution, in line with the evolving priorities of the Government of Uganda and UNICEF’s broader early childhood and youth programming.
To date, the UNICEF team has initiated the pilot phase of the STRYIDE programme by developing a training manual for ECD entrepreneurs and working through the Netherlands-funded PROSPECTS programme to identify potential youth entrepreneurs. The upcoming steps in the pilot phase will focus on testing the training content and providing microgrants to selected entrepreneurs to help them establish or expand their ECD enterprises. The full rollout of this pilot phase is planned over the course of the new country programme. As the initiative transitions into pilot implementation, there is an urgent need for dedicated technical support to ensure timely execution, adaptive planning, and effective coordination across multiple stakeholders—including government ministries, financial institutions, implementing partners, and young entrepreneurs.
In addition to STRYIDE, the ECD team is overseeing several other high-priority projects focused on caregiver support, private sector engagement, and expansion of ECD services in refugee and host communities. The complexity and scale of this portfolio demand additional capacity to support grant and programme management, partner engagement, progress monitoring, and knowledge sharing.
The Education Officer reports to the Education Specialist for close guidance and supervision. The Education Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the education programmes/projects through the application of theoretical and technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing and presenting technical programme information while learning organizational rules, regulations and procedures to support the development and formulation of the Education Programme within the Country Programme.
The post incumbent will provide technical support on activities under output 2 related to Equitable access to quality learning. The incumbent is responsible for supporting MoE in the implementation of interventions related to enhance access to and improve quality of education services at elementary, middle and secondary school levels in the country including in emergencies.
Lastly, the incumbent will provide technical support to outputs 1 and 3 as well as any other requirement needed for efficient operation of the Education and Learning Section. The post incumbent assists in the zoba level planning, implementation and monitoring of education projects.
UNICEF Nepal Country Office is looking for an experienced and technically sound individual to support our Health Programme as Immunization Supply and Cold Chain Consultant for a duration of one year with initial contract of four months.
Under the direct supervision of the SWA Programme Specialist, Country Engagement, the consultant will provide support for partner engagement to Lusophone and LAC SWA countries, with a particular focus on Heads of State Engagement, High- Level Meetings, as well as the Mutual Accountability Mechanism.
The deliverables will directly be focused on the government partners
The Education and Gender Officer, under the guidance of the Chief of Education, is responsible for providing technical support to ensure gender mainstreaming across all components of the ECW programme and implementing gender-targeted activities. This role focuses on enhancing gender and girls' education outcomes in alignment with the GLO result frameworks.
The purpose of this assignment is to assess the alternative care landscape in Rwanda and using the evidence generated from this assessment to develop comprehensive and actionable guidelines covering all forms of alternative care in Rwanda. As a result, this assignment will be carried out in two phases. The first phase is to assess the current alternative care system in Rwanda. The second phase, based on the findings of the first phase, is to develop comprehensive Guidelines on Alternative Care in Rwanda. The first phase will involve a national data collection exercise that will be led by a Rwandan National, working closely with the international consultant, to ensure data confidentiality as per the Government’s data protocol.
UNICEF's Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) in Geneva is pivotal to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined in the organization’s 2022-2025 Strategic Plan. The division focuses on maximizing private sector fundraising, partnerships, and engagement. Central to these efforts is the Innovative Financing for Children (IF4C) function, which develops and implements innovative financing mechanisms to mobilize resources for children's welfare globally. These initiatives address critical issues such as climate change, environmental sustainability, and disaster risk reduction, targeting the most vulnerable and marginalized children and adolescents. The IF4C team plays a crucial role in driving these efforts forward through strategic private sector engagements.
The Innovative Financing Consultant will play a key role in exploring, designing, and implementing a range of financing solutions in collaboration with private sector entities. The role involves making vital contributions to program design, product development, and the execution of financing strategies to effectively mobilize resources in support of UNICEF’s mission.
UNICEF PERU
Contract Type: Temporary Appointment
Post No. 132754
Job Title/Level: Education Officer (Foundational Learning) / NOA
Supervisor Title/Level: Education Specialist /NOC
Organizational Unit: Programme Section
Post Location: Lima, Peru Country Office
Period of contract: 7 months
As an Education Officer (Foundational Learning) in UNICEF you will contribute to the promotion of children’s rights in Peru by providing professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the education programs/projects through the application of theoretical and technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing and presenting technical program information specially in term of strengthening government capacities for designing and implementing inclusive secondary education policies with relevance and quality, to ensure successful trajectories for indigenous, rural and urban-marginal adolescents.
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. UNICEF Philippines is looking for a Communication Officer (Digital) who would cover for the incumbent during a six (6) months parental leave and will provide professional technical, operational, and administrative assistance in the programming process for Advocacy and Communication activities for the Philippine Country Office and related activities including emergencies.
UNICEF Liberia is seeking to hire a qualified individual to support routine nutrition programme monitoring; tracking progress towards the achievement of nutrition targets. This will include technical support to the government and partners in development of reporting tools, monitoring, and ensuring collection, collation and utilization of nutrition data across all/multiple platforms. Qualified interested female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
UNICEF Maldives Country Office is offering an exciting 6-month internship with the Health section. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience and develop essential skills while making a difference in the lives of children. Apply now and be part of a team dedicated to creating a brighter future!
The Programme and Planning section at the UNICEF MENA Regional Office is looking to hire a Regional consultant for analysis of field monitoring data using AI for a period of three months to work on developing an innovative AI-powered solution to support the automation and standardization of qualitative monitoring report analysis with the aim of enhancing the use of field monitoring data for informed decision- making, course adjustment and improving programme results.
UNICEF Ethiopia is seeking to hire a national consultant to develop an evidence-based case study that documents how P-RECs can be measured, verified, traded and reinvested to sustain UNICEF-supported solar assets in Ethiopia’s health, and WASH areas, and to provide a practical monitoring framework that national partners can replicate at scale.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the Government of Tanzania and UNICEF in embedding child-sensitive safeguards into the country’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), with a focus on systems handling children’s data, specifically civil registration (eRITA), national digital identity (NIDA), and education systems. As Tanzania accelerates its digital transformation through the Jamii Stack, it is critical to ensure that privacy, security, and inclusion are not compromised, particularly for vulnerable children
Given the urgency of adverse climate impacts, it is crucial that UNICEF and national governments have the necessary data and evidence to respond to chronic and emerging climate and environmental threats. As the foremost organization on child specific climate UNICEF is committed to ensuring that the data decision makers rely on is reflective of the local context and encapsulates the needs of children, especially the most vulnerable.
To further consolidate its global positioning and offer on climate risk analysis and data, UNICEF is seeking a consultant to provide technical support for UNICEF programming, operations and advocacy to scale results for children. Specifically, the consultant will support the application of data from the global hazard database, the Children’s Climate Risk Index-Disaster.
Join UNICEF’s global immunization team and play a pivotal role in driving impact for children worldwide. Under the guidance of the Senior Health Advisor, this position leads the management and reporting of high-value, multi-country immunization contributions, including Canada’s flagship support and Gavi CDS grants. You will strengthen donor relations with governments, foundations, and private partners, ensuring long-term engagement and sustainable financing for immunization. The role also supports the Office of the Health Director in advancing the global immunization agenda, fostering cross-sectoral collaboration with teams in nutrition, education, gender, WASH, and SBC to design integrated programming and resource mobilization approaches. By deepening partnerships, coordinating performance monitoring, and driving strategic dialogue, this position enhances UNICEF’s visibility and influence while securing resources and shaping policies to protect every child through immunization.
This is the perfect role for someone who is passionate about Open Source and doing good with it. You are someone who has built open-source products before and taken them to many users in challenging contexts. Now, you are ready to share your experience of succeeding and failing with other entrepreneurs and product nerds, that are also building stuff to make the world better. You find your way around the messiest of repos and can find a solution to any unsolvable coding problem. You can look at tech stacks and immediately picture the failure (or unicorn) that this product will be. This role is for an experienced developer who could advise and mentor entrepreneurs and teams as they look to turn ideas and solutions into digital public goods, someone who has an eye for the horizon of tech and is always looking to solve big problems……Join the Venture Fund team and support entrepreneurs from around the world.
UNICEF Ethiopia is looking for a health consultant who will support the implementation of the Adolescent-Friendly Health Services (AFHS), Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) activities. The Consultant will supports the health section and field offices in providing technical leadership to coordinate the Adolescent, Youth Friendly Health Service, Gender Based Violence Support and Mental Health and Psychosocial Service under the EU funded project titled “Building Capacities and Restoring Essential Health Services (CARE4Health) in the conflict affected areas in Ethiopia”
The STRYIDE initiative is an ambitious, first-of-its-kind model that blends public and private financing to deliver quality ECD services while addressing youth unemployment. Its success depends on seamless programme design, coordination, and execution, in line with the evolving priorities of the Government of Uganda and UNICEF’s broader early childhood and youth programming.
To date, the UNICEF team has initiated the pilot phase of the STRYIDE programme by developing a training manual for ECD entrepreneurs and working through the Netherlands-funded PROSPECTS programme to identify potential youth entrepreneurs. The upcoming steps in the pilot phase will focus on testing the training content and providing microgrants to selected entrepreneurs to help them establish or expand their ECD enterprises. The full rollout of this pilot phase is planned over the course of the new country programme. As the initiative transitions into pilot implementation, there is an urgent need for dedicated technical support to ensure timely execution, adaptive planning, and effective coordination across multiple stakeholders—including government ministries, financial institutions, implementing partners, and young entrepreneurs.
In addition to STRYIDE, the ECD team is overseeing several other high-priority projects focused on caregiver support, private sector engagement, and expansion of ECD services in refugee and host communities. The complexity and scale of this portfolio demand additional capacity to support grant and programme management, partner engagement, progress monitoring, and knowledge sharing.
The Education Officer reports to the Education Specialist for close guidance and supervision. The Education Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the education programmes/projects through the application of theoretical and technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing and presenting technical programme information while learning organizational rules, regulations and procedures to support the development and formulation of the Education Programme within the Country Programme.
The post incumbent will provide technical support on activities under output 2 related to Equitable access to quality learning. The incumbent is responsible for supporting MoE in the implementation of interventions related to enhance access to and improve quality of education services at elementary, middle and secondary school levels in the country including in emergencies.
Lastly, the incumbent will provide technical support to outputs 1 and 3 as well as any other requirement needed for efficient operation of the Education and Learning Section. The post incumbent assists in the zoba level planning, implementation and monitoring of education projects.
UNICEF Nepal Country Office is looking for an experienced and technically sound individual to support our Health Programme as Immunization Supply and Cold Chain Consultant for a duration of one year with initial contract of four months.
Under the direct supervision of the SWA Programme Specialist, Country Engagement, the consultant will provide support for partner engagement to Lusophone and LAC SWA countries, with a particular focus on Heads of State Engagement, High- Level Meetings, as well as the Mutual Accountability Mechanism.
The deliverables will directly be focused on the government partners
The Education and Gender Officer, under the guidance of the Chief of Education, is responsible for providing technical support to ensure gender mainstreaming across all components of the ECW programme and implementing gender-targeted activities. This role focuses on enhancing gender and girls' education outcomes in alignment with the GLO result frameworks.
The purpose of this assignment is to assess the alternative care landscape in Rwanda and using the evidence generated from this assessment to develop comprehensive and actionable guidelines covering all forms of alternative care in Rwanda. As a result, this assignment will be carried out in two phases. The first phase is to assess the current alternative care system in Rwanda. The second phase, based on the findings of the first phase, is to develop comprehensive Guidelines on Alternative Care in Rwanda. The first phase will involve a national data collection exercise that will be led by a Rwandan National, working closely with the international consultant, to ensure data confidentiality as per the Government’s data protocol.
UNICEF's Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) in Geneva is pivotal to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outlined in the organization’s 2022-2025 Strategic Plan. The division focuses on maximizing private sector fundraising, partnerships, and engagement. Central to these efforts is the Innovative Financing for Children (IF4C) function, which develops and implements innovative financing mechanisms to mobilize resources for children's welfare globally. These initiatives address critical issues such as climate change, environmental sustainability, and disaster risk reduction, targeting the most vulnerable and marginalized children and adolescents. The IF4C team plays a crucial role in driving these efforts forward through strategic private sector engagements.
The Innovative Financing Consultant will play a key role in exploring, designing, and implementing a range of financing solutions in collaboration with private sector entities. The role involves making vital contributions to program design, product development, and the execution of financing strategies to effectively mobilize resources in support of UNICEF’s mission.
UNICEF PERU
Contract Type: Temporary Appointment
Post No. 132754
Job Title/Level: Education Officer (Foundational Learning) / NOA
Supervisor Title/Level: Education Specialist /NOC
Organizational Unit: Programme Section
Post Location: Lima, Peru Country Office
Period of contract: 7 months
As an Education Officer (Foundational Learning) in UNICEF you will contribute to the promotion of children’s rights in Peru by providing professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the education programs/projects through the application of theoretical and technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing and presenting technical program information specially in term of strengthening government capacities for designing and implementing inclusive secondary education policies with relevance and quality, to ensure successful trajectories for indigenous, rural and urban-marginal adolescents.
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. UNICEF Philippines is looking for a Communication Officer (Digital) who would cover for the incumbent during a six (6) months parental leave and will provide professional technical, operational, and administrative assistance in the programming process for Advocacy and Communication activities for the Philippine Country Office and related activities including emergencies.
UNICEF Liberia is seeking to hire a qualified individual to support routine nutrition programme monitoring; tracking progress towards the achievement of nutrition targets. This will include technical support to the government and partners in development of reporting tools, monitoring, and ensuring collection, collation and utilization of nutrition data across all/multiple platforms. Qualified interested female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
UNICEF Maldives Country Office is offering an exciting 6-month internship with the Health section. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience and develop essential skills while making a difference in the lives of children. Apply now and be part of a team dedicated to creating a brighter future!
The Programme and Planning section at the UNICEF MENA Regional Office is looking to hire a Regional consultant for analysis of field monitoring data using AI for a period of three months to work on developing an innovative AI-powered solution to support the automation and standardization of qualitative monitoring report analysis with the aim of enhancing the use of field monitoring data for informed decision- making, course adjustment and improving programme results.
UNICEF Ethiopia is seeking to hire a national consultant to develop an evidence-based case study that documents how P-RECs can be measured, verified, traded and reinvested to sustain UNICEF-supported solar assets in Ethiopia’s health, and WASH areas, and to provide a practical monitoring framework that national partners can replicate at scale.
The purpose of this consultancy is to support the Government of Tanzania and UNICEF in embedding child-sensitive safeguards into the country’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), with a focus on systems handling children’s data, specifically civil registration (eRITA), national digital identity (NIDA), and education systems. As Tanzania accelerates its digital transformation through the Jamii Stack, it is critical to ensure that privacy, security, and inclusion are not compromised, particularly for vulnerable children
